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|gender= Genderfluid
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|first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]''<br><small>(first appearance in directly Jenny Everywhere-related media)</small>
|also_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]''<br><small>(mentioned)</small>
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}}'''Professor Helvetius''' was a mysterious scientist and traveller, with some kinship to [[Doctor Omega]].

== Description ==
=== Physical appearance ===
The version of Professor Helvetius encountered by [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] and [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] appeared as an “odd-looking woman”, wearing an outfit which “reminded Jenny of either [[Doctor Omega]] or [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]]”. During [[Pride Month]], she wore a pin on her collar with the colours of the genderfluid flag, but it was not clear whether this was part of their usual outfit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'')

=== Personality ===
The version of Professor Helvetius encountered by [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] and [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] was an eccentric business-owner. She was strongly invested in queer issues, refusing to charge for Pride decorations during [[Pride Month]], though she did make it up to her bottom line by charging outrageous prices for carrier bags. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'')

== Biography ==
=== In the 925th Universe ===
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The [[925th Universe]]'s version of Professor Helvetius was genderfluid. They owned and operated [[Professor Helvetius's Convenient Pride Decorations Shop]], a mysterious shop that was bigger on the inside and existed in multiple reality at once. Helvetius apparently had the ability to alter its interior arrangement at will. During [[Pride Month]] in 2022, [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] and [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] accessed the Decorations Shop from the [[925th Universe]] and acquired a number of flags and other decorations for the [[M.F.S. office]], meeting Helvetius for the first time; at the time, she was presenting as a woman. Later, after [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] changed his mind about letting them doll up the office for Pride, Helvetius agreed to let them hold a party in the Decoration Shop using all the apparatus they'd bought. To Jenny's surprise (and mild disappointment), when Jenny and Thor arrived at the Shop, they found that the interior had reconfigured itself into an empty dancing hall, with the large stock of decorations nowhere in evidence, meaning they had to redecorate it from scratch. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'')

== Behind the scenes ==
Professor Helvetius originated in the 1906 science fiction novel ''{{w|Doctor Omega|Doctor Omega}}'' by {{w|Arnould Galopin|Arnould Galopin}}, where he appears as a male colleague of Doctor Omega. 
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